KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Why many autistic adults go decades without realizing they’re autistic
How masking can make you look “high-functioning” while silently draining your energy

What late diagnosis changes — and what it doesn’t

Why autism often goes unnoticed in women and girls
How environments, not people, create most autistic “struggles”
What self-acceptance can unlock once you understand your brain

Today's Guest: Wendela Whitcomb Marsh ( https://wendelawhitcombmarsh.com/ )

Wendela Whitcomb Marsh (she/her) is an award-winning author, a TEDx speaker, the host of the Amplifying Autism podcast, and an advisory board member of the US Autism Association. Her books include Recognizing Autism in Women and Girls and the five-book series Adulting While Autistic. She lives in Salem, Oregon surrounded by roses and bird feeders.

Learn more & connect with Wendela:

Website:

https://www.WendelaWhitcombMarsh.com

TikTok and Instagram:

@wendela.w.marsh

YouTube:

@wendela.w.marsh1

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Having lived through a Bipolar diagnosis and been put on antipsychotics and then experienced depression, I've worked on myself to come off medications naturally while self-diagnosing as ADHD. I now mentor, teach and coach peak performance based on the neuroscience of "flow states" with a trauma-informed and spiritual perspective.

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